EP0967455A3 - Touch probe - Google Patents

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EP0967455A3
EP0967455A3 EP99304606A EP99304606A EP0967455A3 EP 0967455 A3 EP0967455 A3 EP 0967455A3 EP 99304606 A EP99304606 A EP 99304606A EP 99304606 A EP99304606 A EP 99304606A EP 0967455 A3 EP0967455 A3 EP 0967455A3
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balls
flange
recesses
clamping force
plug
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French (fr)
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EP0967455B1 (en
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Robert Boyd Morrison
Peter Kenneth Hellier
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Renishaw PLC
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Renishaw PLC
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
    • G01B7/00—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of electric or magnetic techniques
    • G01B7/004—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of electric or magnetic techniques for measuring coordinates of points
    • G01B7/008—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of electric or magnetic techniques for measuring coordinates of points using coordinate measuring machines
    • G01B7/012—Contact-making feeler heads therefor
    • G01B7/016—Constructional details of contacts

Abstract

A touch probe has a stylus holder 16 which is supported on a radially extending flange 14 in a kinematic seat comprising pairs of balls 20 supporting rollers 24. To avoid the use of glue to fix the balls in position, the balls are located and clamped in recesses 22 on flange 14. Clamping pressure is provided by a plug 30 which is forced towards the flange by rolling a lip 54 over the protruding end of the plug. Other alternative constructions for providing the clamping force are described. An electrical circuit through the balls for producing a trigger signal includes a flexible member 40 on which electrical conducting elements 44 are formed. The member is positioned on the flange to overlie the recesses so that it is deformed into the recesses when the clamping force is applied. By making use of the clamping force in this way good electrical connections between the balls and the conducting elements is ensured and the need to connect wires to the balls is avoided.
EP99304606A 1998-06-20 1999-06-14 Touch probe Expired - Lifetime EP0967455B9 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9813263 1998-06-20
GBGB9813263.2A GB9813263D0 (en) 1998-06-20 1998-06-20 Touch probe

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EP0967455A2 EP0967455A2 (en) 1999-12-29
EP0967455A3 true EP0967455A3 (en) 2000-06-07
EP0967455B1 EP0967455B1 (en) 2004-08-18
EP0967455B9 EP0967455B9 (en) 2004-12-22

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EP99304606A Expired - Lifetime EP0967455B9 (en) 1998-06-20 1999-06-14 Touch probe

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US (1) US6275053B1 (en)
EP (1) EP0967455B9 (en)
JP (1) JP4398011B2 (en)
DE (1) DE69919457T2 (en)
GB (1) GB9813263D0 (en)

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DE60013524T2 (en) * 1999-10-13 2005-02-03 Renishaw Plc, Wotton-Under-Edge Test arm for machine tools
JP3628938B2 (en) * 2000-06-23 2005-03-16 株式会社ミツトヨ Touch signal probe
GB0221255D0 (en) 2002-09-13 2004-02-25 Renishaw Plc Touch Probe
US20050205529A1 (en) * 2004-03-22 2005-09-22 The Regents Of The University Of California Calibration system for laser peening
DE102005015890B4 (en) 2005-02-24 2007-05-03 Wolfgang Madlener feeler
DE102005015889B4 (en) * 2005-02-24 2010-01-07 M & H Inprocess Messtechnik Gmbh feeler
DE102005015888B3 (en) * 2005-02-24 2006-11-02 Wolfgang Madlener Touch probe, has rest position mechanism having balls interacting with rollers to arrange stylus holder, rollers and balls forming sensing circuit which closes when rollers contact balls, and spring wire pressing holder against ball
US8817240B2 (en) 2012-05-25 2014-08-26 Mitutoyo Corporation Interchangeable optics configuration for a chromatic range sensor optical pen
US8736817B2 (en) 2012-05-25 2014-05-27 Mitutoyo Corporation Interchangeable chromatic range sensor probe for a coordinate measuring machine
US9068822B2 (en) 2013-07-03 2015-06-30 Mitutoyo Corporation Chromatic range sensor probe detachment sensor

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US3883942A (en) * 1972-03-16 1975-05-20 Fmc Corp Method of providing a fluid tight seal between a thin walled tube and a piston
US4136458A (en) * 1976-10-01 1979-01-30 The Bendix Corporation Bi-axial probe
US4153998A (en) * 1972-09-21 1979-05-15 Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited Probes
EP0269795A1 (en) * 1982-03-05 1988-06-08 Sony Magnescale Incorporation Apparatus for determining the location of the surface of a solid object
WO1991014149A1 (en) * 1990-03-06 1991-09-19 Marposs Società per Azioni Probe for checking linear dimensions
DE9411566U1 (en) * 1994-07-16 1994-11-17 Leguin Hermann Device for making an isolated connection
GB2317055A (en) * 1996-09-06 1998-03-11 Irwin Houston Donald Contact sensor

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DE19516272A1 (en) 1995-05-08 1996-11-14 Hermann Leguin Primary element scanner for determining deflection of scanning pin or similar
DE19605776A1 (en) * 1996-02-16 1997-08-21 Zeiss Carl Fa Coordinate measuring device with a stylus, the orientation of which is adjustable

Patent Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3883942A (en) * 1972-03-16 1975-05-20 Fmc Corp Method of providing a fluid tight seal between a thin walled tube and a piston
US4153998A (en) * 1972-09-21 1979-05-15 Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited Probes
US4136458A (en) * 1976-10-01 1979-01-30 The Bendix Corporation Bi-axial probe
US4136458B1 (en) * 1976-10-01 1989-07-04 Renishaw Plc
EP0269795A1 (en) * 1982-03-05 1988-06-08 Sony Magnescale Incorporation Apparatus for determining the location of the surface of a solid object
WO1991014149A1 (en) * 1990-03-06 1991-09-19 Marposs Società per Azioni Probe for checking linear dimensions
DE9411566U1 (en) * 1994-07-16 1994-11-17 Leguin Hermann Device for making an isolated connection
GB2317055A (en) * 1996-09-06 1998-03-11 Irwin Houston Donald Contact sensor

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EP0967455B1 (en) 2004-08-18
GB9813263D0 (en) 1998-08-19
US6275053B1 (en) 2001-08-14
DE69919457D1 (en) 2004-09-23
DE69919457T2 (en) 2005-01-13
JP2000024860A (en) 2000-01-25
EP0967455B9 (en) 2004-12-22
EP0967455A2 (en) 1999-12-29
JP4398011B2 (en) 2010-01-13

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